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With regard to the suggestion by Tom Ogilvy that "if you owned a copy of Excel,
you should be able to install it on your new computer."

Because of the manner in which Office 2000 and Office XP (of which Excel is a
part) are activated, one is limited to the number of different computers these
packages can be installed on (typically 1, 2, or 3, depending on the version
purchased (academic, professional, etc).
If you've hit the limit and later replace one of the old computers by a new
one, you should call Microsoft's Activation Hotline at 1-888-571-2048 and
explain to them what's
happening, in which case they can supply a new activation code for the
replacement machine.

-- Dennis Eisen